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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • 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?
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.