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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.