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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.