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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.