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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide