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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.