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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )