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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.