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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.