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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )