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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story