"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.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.