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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.