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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.