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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • 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.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.