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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.