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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.