"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.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.