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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.