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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.