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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.