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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.