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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.