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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.