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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.