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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.