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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.