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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )