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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.