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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.