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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.