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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.