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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.