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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.