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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.