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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.