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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.