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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.