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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist