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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.