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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.