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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.