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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.