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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.