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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.