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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.