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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.