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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.