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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake