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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.