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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.