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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.