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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.