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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.