"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.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.