"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.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.