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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.