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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.