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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.