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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.