"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.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.