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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.