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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )