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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )