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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.