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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses