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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.