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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.