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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.