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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.