"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.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.