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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.