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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.