"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.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush