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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.