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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.