"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.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.