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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.