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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.