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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.