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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.