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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.