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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.