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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.