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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.