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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )