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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.