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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.