"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.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.