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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.