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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.