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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.