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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.