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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.