"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.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.