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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide