"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.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.