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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )