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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.