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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.