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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.