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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.