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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )