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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist