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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.