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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.