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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.