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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.