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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )