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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.