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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.