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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.