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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.