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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.