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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.