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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.