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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.