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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.