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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.