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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.