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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.