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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.