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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.