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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.