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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.