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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.