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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake