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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide