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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.