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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.