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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )