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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.