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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.