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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.