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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.