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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.