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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.