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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.