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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.