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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.