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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.