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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )