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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.