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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.