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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.