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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.