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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.