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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather