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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.