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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.