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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.