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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.