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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses