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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )