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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.