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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.