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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )