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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.