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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.