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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.