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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.