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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.