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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly