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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.