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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.