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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home