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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide