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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.