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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.