"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.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.