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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.