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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.