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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.