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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.