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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.