"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.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.