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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.