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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.