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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.