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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up