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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )