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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.