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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.