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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Admit into ( প্রবেশাধিকার দেওয়া ) He was admitted into the room.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )