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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Trust with ( বিশ্বাস করা (জিনিস) ) You may trust me with the work.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.