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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.