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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.