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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • 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
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.