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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.