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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.