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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.