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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.