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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.