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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )