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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses