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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.