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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.