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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.