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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel