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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.