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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.