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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.