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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.