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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.