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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.