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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.