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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.