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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.