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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.