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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.