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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.