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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.