"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.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.

Idioms:

  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.