"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.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.