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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.