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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.