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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.