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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.