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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.