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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home