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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.