"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.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.