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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.