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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.