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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )