"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.