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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.