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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.