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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.