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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )