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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )