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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.