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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather