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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.