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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.