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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.