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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.