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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.