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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.