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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.