"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.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.