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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.