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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.