"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.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.