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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.