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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.