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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.