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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.