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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.