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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.