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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.