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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.