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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.