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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.