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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.