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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.