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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.