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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.