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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story