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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.