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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.