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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.