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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.