"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).
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • 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?
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )