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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )