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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.