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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )