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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )