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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.