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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )