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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.