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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.