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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.