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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.