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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.