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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.