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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.