"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.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.