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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.