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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.