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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.