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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )