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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.