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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )