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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.