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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.