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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.