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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )