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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )