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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.