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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )