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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.