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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.