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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.