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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.