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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )