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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.