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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush