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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.