"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.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.