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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )