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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.