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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )