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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.