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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.