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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.