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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.