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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.