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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family