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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.