"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 by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.