"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.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.