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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.