"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.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story