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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.