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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.