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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.