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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.