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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.