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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses