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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush