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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.