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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.