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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )