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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.