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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story