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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.