"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.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.