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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather