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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story