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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.