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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist