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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.