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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.