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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.