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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.