"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.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.