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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )