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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )