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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.