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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.