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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist