"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.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.