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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist