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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.