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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.