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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.