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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.