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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.