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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.