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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )