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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.