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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.