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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.