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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.