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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.