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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.