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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.

Idioms:

  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.