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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.