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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )