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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.