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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )