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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.