"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.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.