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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.