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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.