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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.