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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.