"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.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home