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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.