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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.