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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • 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.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.