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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.