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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.