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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather