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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.