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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story