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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.