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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.