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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.