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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.