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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.