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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.