"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).
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.