"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.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.