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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.

Idioms:

  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.