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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.