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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • 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.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )