"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.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.