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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.