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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.