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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.