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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.