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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.