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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.