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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.