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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.