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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.