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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.