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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.