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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.