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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.