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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.