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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush