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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.