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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.