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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.