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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide