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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.