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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.