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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.