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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.