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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide