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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.