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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.