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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.