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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.