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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.