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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )