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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.