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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )