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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.