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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.