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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )