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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.