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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.