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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.