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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.