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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.