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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )