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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )