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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.