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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.