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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.