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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.