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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.