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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.