"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.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.