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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.