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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.