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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.