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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.