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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.