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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist