"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.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )