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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.