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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.