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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.