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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.