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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.