"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.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.