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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.