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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.