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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.