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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather