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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.