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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.