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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )