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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.