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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.