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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly