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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )