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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.