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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.