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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.