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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?