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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.