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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.