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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.