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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.