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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.