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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.