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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story