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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.