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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses