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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.