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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.