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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.