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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.