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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.