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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )