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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.