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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.