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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.