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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.