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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.