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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.