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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.