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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.