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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.