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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.