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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.