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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.