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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.