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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.