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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.