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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.