"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.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )