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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )