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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.