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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.