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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )