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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.