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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.