"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.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.