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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.