"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.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.