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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.