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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.