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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.