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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.