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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )